Month: April 2015

Donkeys were on the Thames Path today alongside Surrey Docks Farm near Rotherhithe.

Marlow’s River: How the Thames shaped our town is the title of a small exhibition at Marlow Museum. This can be found in Pound Lane opposite Burgers in the High Street. The exhibition continues until October; open weekends and bank holidays 1-5pm; free. Meanwhile the Tourist Information Centre has moved into the Library in Institute Road; open […]

There is over two hours of live BBC1 TV coverage from the River Thames this afternoon, Saturday 11 April, thanks to the two Boat Races. Expect  a good commentary from Clare Balding and plenty of shots from the helicopter between Putney and Barnes. Maybe HMS Stork will get a mention.  

The Ravilious exhibition of 80 watercolours Dulwich Picture Gallery has just two featuring the Thames but both are very interesting. In 1931 young Eric Ravilious and his wife Tirzah moved into a riverside flat at Hammersmith. The view was of the Thames with Chiswick Eyot directly opposite. It was this view which Eric painted in […]

Many reasons have been put forward for thinking again about building the Garden Bridge across the River Thames. The crossing would link the South Bank, near the Oxo Tower, with Temple in the City of London. The huge and unexpected cost to the public purse as well as the need to fell trees to build […]